Dodai Stewart

A new report by Human Rights Watch called "Targeting Blacks: Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States," found that blacks are arrested and imprisoned for drug-related crimes at a much higher rate than whites, although whites commit more drug offenses. According to the report, a black man is 12 times more likely to be sent to prison for a drug offense than a white man. A black woman is five times more likely to go to jail than a white woman. A recent report by the Pew Charitable Trusts also found that one in 15 black men are locked up in the U.S. compared to one in 106 white men. What's wrong with this picture? [Concrete Loop]